Micki Dickoff is an American director, writer and producer of social
justice films. Her documentary Neshoba: The Price of Freedom, about
justice, healing and racial reconciliation, opened theatrically in New
York and Los Angeles, winning a number of Best Documentary and Special
Jury Awards in film festivals worldwide. Neshoba was one of three
finalists for the Humanitas Prize and selected to participate in the
American Documentary Showcase in Kenya. Micki's latest film, The
Gathering, profiles exonerated death row survivors who become warriors
against the death penalty. The film premiered at the Embassy of France
in Washington, D.C., presented by the EU Delegation to the United
States and won Best Short Documentary at the Fort Lauderdale
International Film Festival. Her new film, The Legacy, focuses on
generational poverty and children at risk. Filmed over more than two
decades and still in progress, the film tells the story of three
generations of an African American family trying to break the cycle of
poverty, prison, drugs and injustice.Dickoff was raised and educated
in New York and Florida and received her master's degree from the
University of Florida where she was honored as an Alumna of
Distinction and an Alumna of Outstanding Achievement. After graduate
school, she moved to Boston and taught filmmaking at Grahm Junior
College and Emerson College for more than a decade. After winning an
Emmy Award for her AIDS documentary Too Little, Too Late, she went to
Los Angeles to make dramatic films about AIDS and other social
issues.Dickoff was selected for the Directing Workshop for Women at
the American Film Institute where she developed her
multi-award-winning AIDS drama, Mother, Mother. The film was made
through the generosity of the Hollywood community, including actors
Bess Armstrong, Polly Bergen, Piper Laurie and John Dye, and composer
Henry Mancini. Singer-songwriter Cris Williamson wrote the title song.
The film raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for AIDS research and
patient support. Too Little, Too Late and Mother, Mother inspired Our
Sons, a television movie Micki co-produced about AIDS and families
starring Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret and Hugh Grant; the film won a
Peabody Award.Dickoff produced and directed, In the Blink of an Eye, a
television movie about the death penalty and the power of friendship,
starring Mimi Rogers, Veronica Hamel, Polly Bergen, Piper Laurie,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Denise Richards. She directed and produced
Bush's Deadly Ambition, a news feature for British television about
the wrongful execution of Gary Graham (Shaka Sankofa) and presidential
politics. Micki produced Life After Manson: The Untold Story of
Patricia Krenwinkel, a cautionary tale about what led Manson follower
Patricia Krenwinkel to participate in the notorious murders. The short
documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
justice films. Her documentary Neshoba: The Price of Freedom, about
justice, healing and racial reconciliation, opened theatrically in New
York and Los Angeles, winning a number of Best Documentary and Special
Jury Awards in film festivals worldwide. Neshoba was one of three
finalists for the Humanitas Prize and selected to participate in the
American Documentary Showcase in Kenya. Micki's latest film, The
Gathering, profiles exonerated death row survivors who become warriors
against the death penalty. The film premiered at the Embassy of France
in Washington, D.C., presented by the EU Delegation to the United
States and won Best Short Documentary at the Fort Lauderdale
International Film Festival. Her new film, The Legacy, focuses on
generational poverty and children at risk. Filmed over more than two
decades and still in progress, the film tells the story of three
generations of an African American family trying to break the cycle of
poverty, prison, drugs and injustice.Dickoff was raised and educated
in New York and Florida and received her master's degree from the
University of Florida where she was honored as an Alumna of
Distinction and an Alumna of Outstanding Achievement. After graduate
school, she moved to Boston and taught filmmaking at Grahm Junior
College and Emerson College for more than a decade. After winning an
Emmy Award for her AIDS documentary Too Little, Too Late, she went to
Los Angeles to make dramatic films about AIDS and other social
issues.Dickoff was selected for the Directing Workshop for Women at
the American Film Institute where she developed her
multi-award-winning AIDS drama, Mother, Mother. The film was made
through the generosity of the Hollywood community, including actors
Bess Armstrong, Polly Bergen, Piper Laurie and John Dye, and composer
Henry Mancini. Singer-songwriter Cris Williamson wrote the title song.
The film raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for AIDS research and
patient support. Too Little, Too Late and Mother, Mother inspired Our
Sons, a television movie Micki co-produced about AIDS and families
starring Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret and Hugh Grant; the film won a
Peabody Award.Dickoff produced and directed, In the Blink of an Eye, a
television movie about the death penalty and the power of friendship,
starring Mimi Rogers, Veronica Hamel, Polly Bergen, Piper Laurie,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Denise Richards. She directed and produced
Bush's Deadly Ambition, a news feature for British television about
the wrongful execution of Gary Graham (Shaka Sankofa) and presidential
politics. Micki produced Life After Manson: The Untold Story of
Patricia Krenwinkel, a cautionary tale about what led Manson follower
Patricia Krenwinkel to participate in the notorious murders. The short
documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
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